Updates on thesis + house hunting + BG levels

Apologies for disappearing... but recently I have been trying to focus on my endless thesis during the day, and I've spent all my evenings looking at houses to rent.

Thesis-wise  things seem to have improved a lot, especially after a 4 hour meeting with my supervisor, on a Saturday. Things are looking good, at least now everything seems to make more sense. It might sound strange, but after 4 years spent researching, I could hardly see the "big picture". But everyone I know that got a PhD told me this is normal. As my supervisor told me at the beginning of my PhD, "if a PhD was easy, you wouldn't need 3-4 years to complete one". As long as I get one in the end, I don't mind much.

We're going down to Cambridge for viewings on Wednesday and hopefully we should be back by friday night. We have already 8 viewings arranged and another 4 would be good. I've decided not to bring work with me. I don't think I would have any time, and the option of carrying a laptop with me all the time does not appeal me anymore. I am very picky when it comes to houses, so I am glad that we haven't got enough time to spend on this... or it would turn to be an endless search.
We are going to stay in a B&B nearby the area we are wanting to move, so it'll be nice to have a glance at what's next. With the thesis writing I haven't had much time to think or be excited about it!

It's been a week now that I have lowered my Lantus to 3u, and I can say that the unexpected hypos and all the lows that I was feeling (regularly) before meals have disappeared. My measurements are also showing that my BG are stable around 4-5mmol after 4 hours I have eaten, which I guess it's good! What was worrying me most was that I was already developing some hypo unawareness, and honestly, I didn't really like feeling weak just before a meal...
Of course I've had to increase the basal insulin, so now I inject about 1u per 12g of carbs, for an average of 12u of bolus and 3u of basal units a day. A huge difference from when I started, when I was doing a 7u of rapid and 5u of basal insulin. Anyway, I feel like I should let my nurses know next week and see if  they agree this is the best solution for now. I suspect they'll be giggling as usual for my tiny insulin requirement ("baby amounts", that's what they say). Does anyone else get this kind of response from them? They're really nice and helpful, I really have no complaints about them but a very good opinion. Sometimes I do feel like they're not taking me seriously, though!